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Imperial

Feeder Cattle · Imperial, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 15
● Final2 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1854
← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →
Receipts
340 head
▼ 1,780 vs last sale 2,120▲ 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.99/cwt on 330 head.
Average price
$150.99
330 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.37
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639154.50987170
Medium and Large 1-2623147.27917160
One grade step is worth $7.23/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale330 hd
150.99
—
NE average6 barns · 5,254 hd
140.62
+10.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

2 lots · USDA AMS · Imperial Auction Market - Imperial, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—623147.27/cwt147.00–147.50917160
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639154.50/cwt154.50–154.50987170

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages
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